10.5 (2004) (TV)

Director:

John Lafia

Writers (WGA):

Christopher Canaan (written by) and
John Lafia (written by) ...

Release Date:

2 May 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Tagline:

The Greatest Quake in Human History threatens to Rock The World!

Plot:

An earthquake reaching a 10.5 magnitude on the Richter scale, strikes the west coast of the U.S. and Canada. A large portion of land falls into the ocean, and the situation is worsened by aftershocks and tsunami. |

Plot Keywords:

Earthquake | Digit In Title | Period In Title | Federal Works Agency | Golden Gate Bridge

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Kim Delaney	...	Dr. Samantha Hill
Fred Ward	...	Roy Nolan, FEMA Director
Ivan Sergei	...	Dr. Zack Nolan
Dulé Hill	...	Dr. Owen Hunter
Beau Bridges	...	President Paul Hollister
John Schneider	...	Clark Williams
Kaley Cuoco	...	Amanda Williams
Rebecca Jenkins	...	Governor Carla Williams
David Cubitt	...	Dr. Jordan Fisher
Brian Markinson	...	Daniel, Hollister's Advisor
John Cassini	...	Sean Morris, Hollister's Aide
Kimberly Hawthorne	...	Jill Hunter (as Kim Hawthorne)
Jill Krop	...	Anchor #1
Marrett Green	...	Anchor #2
Dagmar Midcap	...	Anchor #3

Also Known As:

10.5: Apocalypse (USA) (alternative title)
Earthquake 10.5 (UK)

Runtime:

240 min (including commercials) | USA:165 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Netherlands:12 | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | USA:Unrated (video rating) | Finland:K-11

Filming Locations:

Hollywood Sign, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Argosy Productions Limited

Trivia:

The filmmakers never received permission to use the trademarked name "Space Needle." In order to circumvent this, it is spelled "Spaceneedle" when it appears in the film.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Dr. Jordan Fisher is in the helicopter reporting water temperature changes at Lake Mead, he is giving figures over a hundred (indicating degrees Fahrenheit). Scientists, however, generally use the Celsius scale in which water boils at 100 degrees and cannot get hotter and remain liquid except under pressure. Furthermore, the lake surface is shown as already boiling, which, on the Fahrenheit scale, occurs at 212 degrees, not at the 95 - 107 degrees reported in the dialogue. It's wrong in either scale.

Quotes:

President Paul Hollister: When the left hand finally realizes what the right hand is doing, it's exploded in all of our faces.

Movie Connections:

References Superman (1978)

Soundtrack:

Tired of Being Played

The worst example of "BAD SCIENCE"

Screenwriters must believe in the power of the atom. I've seen most of the disaster flicks, dating back to the 60s. I must be drawn to them because it's my long time home in Los Angeles that they always ruin. The result of these epics is seeing LA blown to bits. It's always a nuke to save LA, but it never works.

What about that computer screen showing the exact magnitude of the quakes as they happen. In REAL TIME! Did the writers ask how this is done in the real world?

This mini was a complete waste of my time and the producer's money. I simply cannot express just how bad the science was, or the acting, or the camera work. The very concept was flawed. "Let's blow up LA" has been done before.

Did a writer figure out there are interconnecting "Super Faults", 700 miles deep under the west coast? Is this how it started? Well, that's how it ended.

By the third hour of this yawner, I wanted push the buttons on those five devices and atomize this whole mess.

Did they think we would be so gullible to actually suspend our disbelief for four hours? HA!

I gave it g/naout of 10,000, simply because there was no "zero" option.